If I set spam for automatic deletion will it still be in the recycle bin?
Thanks!
Auto delete
- TrustFire
- βeta Tester
- Location: 127.0.0.1
Post
Re: Auto delete
Yes.
MailWasher Pro (βeta) | Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC (22H2) | The Bat! Professional (βeta) | Windows 10 Firewall Control (βeta) | ESET Endpoint Antivirus (βeta) | nVIDIA GeForce (GTX 1060) | WebView2 Runtime (118.0.2088.61) | .NET Framework (4.8.1)
- stan_qaz
- Omniscient Kiwi
- Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Post
Re: Auto delete
Keep in mind the recycle bin only saves the number of lines that you have your spam throttle set to so you will only restore that many lines.
I am not a Firetrust employee just a MW user.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.
- mwarney
- Rattled Rabbit
Post
Re: Auto delete
Thanks stan_qaz... Yes, thank you. I have been hesitant to use auto delete but my spam problem has gotten to the point where I am considering closing my email account and making a new one. I've been using mailwasher pro to review all incoming mail but at this point I'm questioning the advantage to doing that. I mean it is really just an extra step since I coud just receive email normally and delete it from Outlook. It is good of course to have the ability to review all incoming mail prior to deleting, but it seems to me that kind of defeats the purpose if your goal is to not get the spam to begin with.stan_qaz wrote:Keep in mind the recycle bin only saves the number of lines that you have your spam throttle set to so you will only restore that many lines.
- stan_qaz
- Omniscient Kiwi
- Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Post
Re: Auto delete
Not getting spam in the first place is easy to do... Never use the e-mail address to contact anyone that gets a virus or has their computer attacked and information stolen. Sadly that means you will have a very tiny number of folks you can exchange e-mail with. I use a dedicated e-mail address for almost everyone I correspond with and I see the addresses compromised on a regular basis, sometimes in just a couple days after the first use. Changing addresses is usually a very short term fix. Having your own domain makes it easy to filter the spam since I just give the victim a new address and have MW tag the mail from the spammers still using the old one.
I used to report all my spam to spamcop in MW v6, that helped a good bit as the spammers started avoiding my domain. Now that I have switched to MW 2012 with far better reporting I report spam to several other places as well.
Letting spam get to your e-mail program is not safe, far too many security flaws to be exploited and too much chance of activating a tracking link.
I used to report all my spam to spamcop in MW v6, that helped a good bit as the spammers started avoiding my domain. Now that I have switched to MW 2012 with far better reporting I report spam to several other places as well.
Letting spam get to your e-mail program is not safe, far too many security flaws to be exploited and too much chance of activating a tracking link.
I am not a Firetrust employee just a MW user.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.
- mwarney
- Rattled Rabbit
Post
Re: Auto delete
I do actually have my own domain. The biggest problem I see with creating a new address is that I will still need to monitor the old one until I am sure there is no more "good mail" coming in. By that time my new address will probably be full of spam... LOL I would upgrade to MW 2012 if I thought it would help.stan_qaz wrote:Not getting spam in the first place is easy to do... Never use the e-mail address to contact anyone that gets a virus or has their computer attacked and information stolen. Sadly that means you will have a very tiny number of folks you can exchange e-mail with. I use a dedicated e-mail address for almost everyone I correspond with and I see the addresses compromised on a regular basis, sometimes in just a couple days after the first use. Changing addresses is usually a very short term fix. Having your own domain makes it easy to filter the spam since I just give the victim a new address and have MW tag the mail from the spammers still using the old one.
I used to report all my spam to spamcop in MW v6, that helped a good bit as the spammers started avoiding my domain. Now that I have switched to MW 2012 with far better reporting I report spam to several other places as well.
Letting spam get to your e-mail program is not safe, far too many security flaws to be exploited and too much chance of activating a tracking link.
- stan_qaz
- Omniscient Kiwi
- Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Post
Re: Auto delete
If your domain offers a "catch all" address just enable it and let all the old deleted addresses go to it. Set up MW to check the catchall (postmaster@ maybe) then do a filter to look for these old addresses there and have MW tag them for deletion. I use the message grouping option in MW 2012 to put them all together but you could do the same in v6 by giving them a status and sorting on the status column.
I only have a dozen real accounts set up on my domain, mostly for banking or other family members. The rest go to the catch-all account and MW and my e-mail program sort them out from there, makes for a very easy to use and keep updated mail system.
I only have a dozen real accounts set up on my domain, mostly for banking or other family members. The rest go to the catch-all account and MW and my e-mail program sort them out from there, makes for a very easy to use and keep updated mail system.
I am not a Firetrust employee just a MW user.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.
--
First rule of computer consulting: Sell a customer a Linux computer and you'll eat for a day,
sell a customer a Windows computer and you'll eat for a lifetime.